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Winter Engagement Fund 2024/25 – grants programme applications are now closed

Grants of up to £500 are currently being awarded to projects to help people stay well this winter

Four people hold up leaflets about winter wellbeing to promote the Winter Engagement Fund grant applications

Please note – applications for this programme are now closed.

Are you part of a community or voluntary organisation in south west London? Could you help us support people to stay well this winter? If so, applications for the Winter Engagement Fund 2024/25 are open now.

Through its Winter Engagement Fund 2024/25, NHS South West London is offering small grants of up to £500 to help local organisations talk to communities about winter health and wellbeing.

The Winter Engagement Fund 2024/25 grants will fund activities and events to engage with local people.

The event you choose is up to you, but you will need to share information about winter health – topics including vaccinations, places to find support, using local pharmacies and the NHS App, for example. We’ll also ask you to collect feedback.

We are particularly keen to hear from organisations that can reach:

  • parents and carers with children aged 2 to 3 years old
  • adults aged over 65
  • specific areas across our six boroughs in south west London (Croydon, Kingston, Richmond, Merton, Wandsworth, Sutton) – see further detail in the application form and guidance below

If you applied for any of our previous grant schemes, we would love to hear from you again. We are open to ideas about different types of events or activities.

Our previous grant schemes have funded exercise-based clubs for young people, events which support communities during cost-of-living challenges and social activities for people to connect over food, music or their culture.

Read more about our previous grant schemes

How to apply

A grant of up to £500 is available per organisation.

All activities and events must be delivered between 18 November and the end of January 2025. 

Applications are now closed for this year

Please contact [email protected] if you need support completing the application form. For reference only, you can download the application form.

Please download the guidance or watch this video to help with your application.

Closing date

Applications closed on Monday 30 September 2024. Downloaded application forms should be emailed to [email protected]

Or contact us at [email protected]

The South West London Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Alliance is managing the application phase of grant process on behalf of South West London NHS – via Croydon Voluntary Action.  Croydon Voluntary Action are working with NHS funded community and voluntary sector partner organisations to distribute the funding.

The South West London Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Alliance aims to:

  • be a link between local voluntary and community sector organisations and other partners within our ICS
  • share valuable insight and information to support and promote shared learning and collaboration across the different partners
  • be a strategic partner within the ICS and support the transformation of health and care services for local people.